Abstract
view Abstract Citations (9) References (5) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Magnetic reconnection driven by velocity space instabilities Coppi, B. Abstract Consideration is given to processes of magnetic reconnection that occur in collisionless regimes typical of space plasmas for the case of a magnetic field containing a neutral surface where the magnetic field vanishes. It is shown that a significant departure of the ion or electron distribution from the Maxwellian, such as represented by a slight temperature anisotropy, may produce a faster rate of reconnection than typical of spontaneous processes driven by the current density gradient associated with the magnetic field configuration in question. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: October 1983 DOI: 10.1086/184138 Bibcode: 1983ApJ...273L.101C Keywords: Collisionless Plasmas; Magnetic Field Configurations; Magnetohydrodynamic Stability; Space Plasmas; Anisotropy; Electron Distribution; Ion Distribution; Maxwell-Boltzmann Density Function; Plasma Physics full text sources ADS |
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